The SEC recently adopted Rule 12d1-4 (Rule 12d1-4 or Rule) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (1940 Act) to streamline the regulatory framework applicable to registered funds that invest in other funds (funds of funds).1 In our 26 October 2020 alert, entitled SEC Adopts New Rule 12d1-4 Overhauling Fund of […]

Country: South Sudan Source: Save the Children Just three months after the WHO declared Africa free of the wild polio virus, South Sudan has recorded at least nine new cases of polio, reportedly from the vaccine-derived poliovirus 2 (cVDPV2).

Oct 23, 2020 In the News China United States of America Trump administration claims on farm trade progress questioned (Bloomberg News) Trade Bloomberg News published an article on the latest claims from the Trump Administration about the Phase 1 purchases by China. The U.S. government said Friday that China had purchased $23 billion […]

Insects have long been a highly nutritious staple of diets across much of the world from Africa to Southeast Asia where bamboo worm larvae, crickets, water bugs and other arthropods, mostly grown on farms, are destined for many a lunch and dinner table. Not so, though, in Europe, North America […]

Country: Philippines Source: Save the Children Beyond the direct damages caused by Typhoon Goni, children and their families will have to stay in cramped evacuation areas, exposing them to COVID-19 and other diseases, hunger and possible violence.

Now there’s a new reason to protect greenspace in our urban neighborhoods: a European study that finds lower rates of smoking, and especially more success in quitting, when people live around parks, trees and gardens. The findings are based on a sample of 8,059 people living in the UK who […]